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Tim Dodd (Everyday Astronaut) and his group of friends had gotten permission to put a bunch of camera equipment right near the landing zone. They were psyched t
by mabbo 6y ago
Tim Dodd (Everyday Astronaut) and his group of friends had gotten permission to put a bunch of camera equipment right near the landing zone. They were psyched to have up-close footage of SN11 landing, or at least trying. They setup apparently $20,000 worth of cameras down there.
The last images those cameras broadcast were of large pieces of debris falling out of the foggy sky, smashing into the ground around the camera, splashing up dirt, and then everything went dead. I feel bad for the guy, but the look on his face as he realizes what's happening is priceless. I donated $5 just for that.
Edit: Here's the moment - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myVvmb2dF9U&t=2h19m32s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myVvmb2dF9U&t=2h19m32s
- creaturemachine 6y agoConsidering the 100% failure rate, what was he really expecting to happen?
- gpm 6y agoProbably for it to blow up on the ground like previous failures... But yes they definitely knew of and accepted this risk.
- Denvercoder9 6y agoJust to clarify, his immediate comment that "they blew it out of the sky" is (at best) pure speculation. If you want to watch third-party livestreams, I usually recommend the NASASpaceFlight streams [1] that have more fact-based narration. They also had debris hitting their camera, but it seems to have survived. [1] https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUu1lih2RifWkKtDOJdsBA/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSUu1lih2RifWkKtDOJdsBA/vid...
- ASalazarMX 6y agoConversely, I find it odd that these experimental ships have failed that many times without having neded to autodestruct a single one. The mechanism must be there, but seems like it has not been used.
- monkeynotes 6y agoAre those tanks around the landing site full of anything volatile? Seems odd to me to plan on landing a highly experimental rocket next to equipment like that. I am assuming the whole landing site is miles away from people.